Can Zenyatta win the Breeders’ Cup?
Saturday, November 7th, 2009
The Breeders Cup World Championships is this Saturday.
Dubbed as one of the most prestigious events in horse racing, the 2009 Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships will run run Friday, Nov. 6 through Saturday, Nov. 7 from Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.
The Breeders’ Cup annually attracts the best horses from North America and Europe. It is the richest prize-money event in sports, consisting of 14 races and purses totaling to $25.5 million. Once again, this year’s Breeders’ Cup will be highlighted by the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Classic, the feature race of the weekend.
Opening odds have listed Zenyatta as the favorite with 7/2 odds. Other favorites include Rip Van Winkle (5/1) and Summer Bird (6/1).
Zenyatta holds wins this year in the Milday Handicap, the Vanity Handicap, and the Clement L. Hirsch Handicap. Last June, Zenyatta won the Vanity Handicap at Hollywood Park for the second straight year. She carried 129 pounds, spotting her rivals 13 to 18 pounds, and became the first horse to win under such a weight assignment since 1977.
In 2008, she won it under 126 pounds.
On August 17, 2009 Zenyatta’s connections ruled out Pacific Classic Stakes at Del Mar on September 6. On October 10, she won her second Lady’s Secret in her same, come from behind fashion. Zenyatta will be looking to become the first filly to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic since its inception. Zenyatta won the Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic in 2008, but has yet to run against males in her career.
Other big hitters include Rip Van Winkle, who carries a 4-1 record in his career. The colt holds two wins in 2009, taking the Sussex Stakes and the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.
We also have Summer Bird, the 2009…
2008 Breeders’ Cup Early Favorites
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
If you’re fond of horse racing, feel free to read this.
The 2008 Breeders’ Cup world championships are coming and it will feature top class thoroughbred racing that will decide the year-end championship honors slated on October 24 and 25 at the Santa Anita Park.
The main event, if you will, is of course, the 2008 Breeders’ Cup Classic where the very best thoroughbreds will compete with some of the favorites to win it this year. Who are the favorites? Thoroughbreds like Big Brown, Colonel John, Pyro, Well Armed and Curlin should be some of ‘em and here’s why.
Big Brown has a record of 7-6-0-0 and is arguably the top contender to win the 2008 Breeders’ Cup. Trained by Richard E. Dutrow, last year’s Kentucky Derby champion was the second winner in history to break from post position 20. This colt is also the first horse since 1915 to win the Derby after only three lifetime starts.
Next we have Colonel John, the winner of the $1 million Travers Stakes Grade 1 by a nose at Saratoga last August 23. The contender worked four furlongs last September 14 on Santa Anita’s Pro-Ride surface in 48 4/5 for trainer Eoin Harty. The colt is listed in the top three favorites headed for the $5 million 2008 Breeders’ Cup Classic at the Oak Tree in the Santa Anita meet.
A Kentucky homebred son of Tiznow-Sweet Damsel, by Turkoman, Colonel John won both the Sham Stakes Grade III and Santa Anita Derby Grade 1 on Santa Anita’s main track earlier this year. However, those races were run on a hybrid synthetic track consisting of both Pro-Ride and Cushion Track materials.
Well Armed could create some noise as well. Owner…
2007 Breeders’ Cup Classic Betting Picks and Tips
Saturday, October 27th, 2007
This Saturday, the 2007 Breeders’ Cup Classic will set the latest horse racing warfare of the year.
Yes, the Breeders’ Cup betting money train will be moving and it will definitely take some space of the sporting world this weekend. The contenders for the highly anticipated 2007 Breeders’ Cup Classic gets ready to win the latest horse racing event to give their heir bragging rights for the next three generations.
Of course, to give Breeders’ Cup wagering fans another reason why they should keep on gambling too.
With that said, three horses stand out in the 2007 Breeders’ Cup main event. That’s Street Sense, Curlin and Hard Spun. 
Yes, these three thoroughbreds were the stars of the concluded Triple Crown series too. Can one of these horses win the Breeders’ Cup Classic? Read on.
The 2007 Kentucky Derby champion, Street Sense, is going to the Classic ironically coming off a loss at the Kentucky Cup. However, don’t let that fool you. Street Sense wasn’t primed that day and was unfortunate to be behind Hard Spun then.
Street Sense, along with Curlin, is probably the two best three-year-olds in the country today but…
Hard Spun perked up for the 2007 Breeders Cup Title
Friday, October 26th, 2007
The 2007 Breeders’ Cup World Championships kicks off tomorrow at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey.
One of the most celebrated crops of 3-year-olds and considered as the most versatile horse in the talent-laden squad for the Breeders’ Cup is Hard Spun. Hard Spun won his first four races by far – two at Delaware, the Pennsylvania Nursery at Philadelphia Park, and the Grade III LeComte Stakes by 61/2 lengths at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans.
Hard Spun’s next race, the Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Hard Spun was the 1-2 favorite but still finished fourth. Hard Spun followed it with a victory in the Lane’s End Stakes at Turfway Park, and then ran one of the best races of his career when he finished second to Street Sense in the Derby.
Saturday’s coveted race, the 2007 Breeder’s Cup, will be considered as…
Kentucky Contenders battle it out Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream
Saturday, March 3rd, 2007
Nobiz Like Showbiz is the favorite to win the $350,000 Fountain of Youth (gr. II) Stakes 1 1/8 mile at Gulfstream Park on Saturday.
The top three finishers from the Holy Bull Stakes – Nobiz Like Shobiz, Drums of Thunder, and Scat Daddy – go head-to-head on Saturday, March 3 for the $350,000 Fountain of [...]
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